N3 and I had a good day yesterday. We went to downtown and wandered the shops for four to five hours! We spent time in the art museum. Before that, we'd seen that the record store that Ive known from childhood is closed! We peered in and it is a long, empty, empty big space where once tens of thousands of LPs, CDs and DVDs once resided. After the art museum we went to find the. NEW record store. It is far from its original spot- many blocks and turns to get there. There were a fair amount of people in the newly-opened shop, but not as much inventory! I expected that if they took the trouble to move tens of thousands - maybe 100?- of items that they'd at least move into a bigger space. Nope. But it still exists some how. We also stopped into a long-time book store (still in its original spot). They boast that they have 70 thousand old books. A fire hazard I'm thinking. Books everywhere- stacked in tall piles in the isles the shelves already overflowing with books on their sides. We spent quite a while in there as N3 got himself "stuck" in the philosophy section! He's been reading to me from the books he has discovered on the subject and it usually is when I'm driving! Ha! Our day concluded around 4 p.m. as my feet were sore, new shoes or no.